Cigarette-box.



No- 897,222. PATENTED AUG. 25, 1908.

G. B. MOSLEY. CIGARETTE BOX..

APPLICATION FILBD'DEO. 2, 1907.

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GORDON BURDINE MOSLEY, OF PARIS, TEXAS.

CIGARETTE-BOX.

Specification 01 Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 25, race.

Application filed December 2, 1907. Serial No. 404,683.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GORDON BURDINE MOSLEY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Paris, in the county of Lamar and State ofTexas, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Cigarette-Boxes,of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and convenient box orkit for enabling persons who roll their own cigarettes to con-.

veniently carry tobacco, cigarette paper and matches in such a manner asto preserve the tobacco against the influence of moisture and to promotethe operation of preparing the cigarette.

It consists in the novel construction and arrangementof parts of the boxas will be hereinafter more fully described with reference to thedrawing, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view. Fig. 2 a rear end view.Fig. 3 a-front end view. Fig. 4 a longitudinal section. Fig. 5 atransverse section, and Fig. 6 an end view showing a modification Thebox is preferably made of sheet metal or any other ti ht and water-proofmaterial and is provide with a middle longitudinal partition 2 formingon one side thereof a small chamber 1 for carrying the package ofcigarette paper and on the other side a larger chamber 3 containing thetobacco. Alongside of the paper chamber 1 is also formed by alongitudinal partition, a small compart' The tobacco chamber 3 isprovidedat one end with a-hingd cover 4, hinged to the middlepartition 2and outside of the same a larger lunged cover-8 is provided, whichcloses over the hinged cover 4 and also over the paper and matchchambers 1 and 1, as seen in Fig. 4. The lunged cover 8 extends over theentire cross section of the box and is provided along its margin with anoverla ping flange for closlng the entire end of the 80x" after mannerof an ordinary match box.

In the top part of the box is formed an elon 'ated opening 9 extendingnearly the nil-1 length of the box and about the middle thereof. Thisslotted opening?) is formed in the middle with an enlargement, 10 ofgenerally circular form for the purpose of inserting the thumb andforefin er to seize and withdraw the up er sheet of paper from thepackage within, t e slot 9 being of a length equal to the length of thecigarette paper and through chamber, the pa which slot the cigarettepaper is when required for use.

In the front end of the tobacco chamber 3 is formed an outlet opening 5having a marginal external collar upon which issecured an outletmouth-piece 6 of soft rubber. Thi

mouth- )iece 6 is of the collapsible form any normal y maintains aclosed position as seen in Fig. 3, in which the outlet 7 appears merelyas a slit whose walls are in closev contact. into the (paper thecollapsible mouth-piece 6 IS presse the ends of the slit which causessaic normally closed opening to assume a more or less circular formthrough which the tobacco may be conveniently poured, and whichmouth-piece immediately upon releasing the same, again assumesthe'closed form shown in Fig.

The object-in having an independent cover 4 for the tobacco chamber isto prevent spil ing the tobacco out when opening the hinged end cap 8for the purpose of inserting the package of paper or for 'ving access.to the match chamber for wit therefrom.

One or both of the, external sides of the box.

is rou hened or corrugated to form. a surface for striking matches;

As a modification of my invention 1 may In pouring the tobaccofrom thebox with the thumb and forefin or at drawing a match make it in crosssection as shown in Fig. 6, in

which the top and bottom and partition walls of the box are curved toenable it to be better adjusted for carrying in the hip pocket.

1. A smokers cigarette box comprising an external casing having a middlelongitudinal partition forming a chamber on one side for aper and on theother side for tobacco, said liox being provided at one end with alunged lid corresponding to the cross section of the tobacco chamber anda second external hinged lid corresponding to the cross section of theentire box and inclosing the aper chamber and also the lid of the tomoon er chamber having in its external wall a s otted opening with anenlarged middle portion for wit drawing one sheet of a or at a time fromthe package containe t erein. 2. A smokers cigarette box comprising anexternal casing having a middle longitudinal partition formin a chamberon oneside for the other side for tobacco,

paper and on Ice said box being provided at one end witha hinged lidcorrespondin to the'eross section of the tobacco chem er and a secondqxternal hinged .lid corresponding to the. erosssectionof the entii'ebox and inclosing the paper chamber and also the lid of the to bacoochamber, said paper chamber havin also along one side thereof apartitioned-o space for matches and said paper chamber having alsoformed in its' external WfLllS'fl.

slotted opening for the withdrawal of the paper.

3. A smoker s cigarette box comprising an external casing having alongitudinal partition forming on one side'thereof a chamber 'fortobacco, the tobacco Chamber being pro ,for paper and on the other sidea chamber:

yided atone end with a hinged cover and hinged lid of the tobaccochamber, and the pape chamber being formed with a slotted opemng 1nv itsexternal walls for the withdrawal of the paper.

:at the other end with a' collapsible outlet mouth-piece, a hinged lidinelosingthe entire endof the tobacco box outside of the

